Hair-drier.



No. 67l,077. Patented Apr. 2, lbl.

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HAIR DRIER.

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No. 67l,077.

HAIR DRIER.

(Application filed Aug. 4, 1900! (No Model.)

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M. D. BLUNDEL.

HAIR DRIER. {Application filed Aug. 4, 1900.:

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:NITED STATES MERCER D. BLONDEL, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT or COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PERRY B. TURPIN, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 671,077, dated April 2, 1901.

Application filed August 4, 1900. serial No. 25,903. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may COW/ for the discharge of the heat to the hair which Be it known that I, MERCER D. BLONDEL, is rested thereon, as shown in Figs. and 6, residing at Washington city, in the District and whose upper end is fitted to the back of of Columbia, have made certain new and usethe neck, is open for the discharge of the hot 5 ful Improvement-sin Hair-Driers,of which the air to dry the hair at its roots, and may be following is a specification. closed by properly adjusting the valve which This invention is an improved hair-drier controls the upper discharge end of the tadesigned for use as a toilet accessory for rapble-flue, as will be presently described. idly drying long hair by the aid of artificial The table-flue A is in the form of a long 10 heat operating directly and by the induction thin box, gradually decreasing in thickness and circulation of the cooler surrounding air. toward its upper open end and provided near By this invention I provide a drier having such end with a valve A, which may be a drying-table overlying an inclined flue to closed, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to close the which the hot air is properly supplied and upper end of the flue, or may be opened, as

15 also a special construction of main flue or indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1, when it is stand-pipe by which it is adapted for use with desired to discharge the hot air at the open an alcohol-lamp, gas-lamp, or similar heater end of the box for drying the roots of the in one adjustment and may be di'lferently adhair. justed for application to and use on one of The open end of the flue A is hollowed out 20 the ordinaryuprightwall-registerscommonly or concaved at A to approximately fit the used in connection with hot-air heating apneck of the person using the drier, and the paratus. edges of the upper and lower plates of the The invention consists in certain novel 0011-. flue are turned in, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, structions and combinations of parts, as will to furnish a proper smooth bearing for the 25 be hereinafterdescribed and claimed. neck.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is avertical lon- The top of the flue forming the table on gitudinal section of the drier with the main which the hair to be dried is placed, as shown flue adjusted for use with a gas-lamp, and in Figs. 5 and 6, is foraminated. This may Fig. 2 is a similar view with the flue adjustbe effected by providing the flue with a cover 0 ed for use with and held to a hot-air register. of netting C, as shown in Fig. 8, or by mak- Fig. 3 is a cross-section on about line 3 3 of ing such cover in the form of a plate D with Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view numerous perforations, as shown in Figs. 1, illustrating the joint between the top or ta- 2, 3,and 7. This plateD maybe of indurated ble flue and the main flue. Fig. 5 is a perfiber, waterproofed cardboard, sheet metal, or

35 spective view of the drier as in use in conother suitable material. When made of sheet nection with a gas-heater. Fig. 6 is a simimetal or other material which is a good con lar View with the drier applied to a hot-air ductor of heat, I may face the top plate D register. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view with a sheet of asbestos E, as shown in Figs. of the table-flue. Fig. 7 is a detail perspecl, 2, and 3, perforated in register with the 4o tive view of the baffle-plate. Figs. 7' and 7 perforations in the plate D and operating to are detail views of the sections of the main protect the plate D from the direct action of flue, and Fig. 7 is a detail view of the bolt. the hot air.

Fig. 8 is a detail perspective View illustrat- The lower end of the flue A is designed to ing the table-flue as provided with a cover of fit in the upper end of the flue B, and the sides 5 5 netting. of such end of the table-flue are sloped down- The drier, as shown, is composed of the tawardly and forwardly and are provided with ble-flue A and the main flue or stand-pipe B, flaring flanges F, which fit closely within the the latter receiving the hot air, mixing it with upper end of the main flue. the surrounding air,which is properly admit- The lower edge of the top plate of the flue 50 ted, and discharging it to the lower end of A is rolled at G, forming sockets at g at the the table-flue,whose upper sideis foraminated opposite sides of the top of the flue, at its lower end, for the hinge-pins H, presently described.

The flue Bis composed of two sections I and J, which are formed with side plates 7} andj and cross-plates 71 and j, connecting the side plates, each section being open at the side side platesj at j produces ample space for the entrance of the air in the adjustment of the parts shown in Fig. 2. The sections I and J are fitted together with the side plates j of the section J lapped inside the side plates i of the section I, and theside plates of the two sections are pivotally connected at K, permanently connecting the sections so they can be adjusted, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Whenadjusted as shown in Fig. 1, the open sides of thesections I: and J face to-ward each: other and combine to form a fine closed at all sides, open at the bottom, and discharging at its top into the bottom of the table-flue- In this adjustment openings and j in theside plates tand register with each other and with the sockets g in the table-flue and are entered by pins H at the free ends of springs H, secured to the section I, thus pivoting the flue A to the flue B and connecting the sections I and J of the flue B, as will be understood from Fig. 4.

In the adjustment shown in Fig. 1 the drier is adapted for use in connection with a gaslamp L or similar heater, which may, as shown, be placed in thefiue B, air being freely admitted through the openings i and 7' When used as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, I prefer to support the table-flueby aleg or upright M, which may be arranged as shown.

For adjusting the drier for'use on a hot-air register, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, it is'only necessary to release the pins H from the-openings 7' and turn the section: J down on its pivot K from the position. shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2. In this-position of parts I and J it is evident the length of the flue B is extended, and both its sections I and I openin the same direction and outward, so

they will face against and receive the heat from the register N, to which the drier is held by the hook-bolt O and winged not 0, applied as best shown in Fig. 2.

In the use of the drier with a stove or'lam p, as shown in Fig. 1, it maybe desirable to cut off the direct heat or flame by a baffle-plate other? be adjusted for use with an oil, gas, alcohol, or other stove or lamp and will quickly dry the hair of the person without subjecting her head to the drying heat, except momentarily for the purpose of drying the roots of the hair.

As the heater is small and foldable, it can be readily' placed in a trunk and carried to the seashore or elsewhere and may be used by a lady in her dressing-room or by pro- ;fessional hair-dressers in their places of business.

Having thus described myinventiou, what Iclaim as-new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Ahair-drier having a main flue or standpipe composed of sections open at one side and adjustably connected whereby they may beset with their open sid es oppositeand facing each other to form a closed flue or with such open sides facing in the same direction to form an open-faced flue substantially as set forth.

2. Ina hair-drier a table-flue having its upper side foraminated to deliver the air to the hair, open at its upper end todeliver the hot air to dry the roots of the hair and provided with means for shutting off the air from such end of the flue substantially as set forth.

3. A hair-drier consisting of a table-flue and a standpipe composed of twosectionspivotall-y connected. and adjustable to face each other or to an extended position in alin'ement with each other to face in the same direction substantially asshown and described.

4.. A hair-drier having a main flueconstructed to form a closedv fl ue or'an open-faced fine and composed of connected sections each of which constitutes a part of both forms of flue, the sections being movable relatively whereby they may be adjusted without detachment to produce a closed flue for use with lamp or an open-faced fl-ue for application to a hot-air register substantially asset forth- 5. A hair-drier having amainflueor standpipe composed of two sections open at one side-and pivoted together near oneend whereby they may be adjusted to face eachother to form aclosed' flue or be extended in alinement to'facein: the same direction and form an open-faced flue substantially asdescribed.

6. Ina hair-drier a main flue or stand-pipe composed of sections pivoted together and composed of side and: connecting plates and having their ends which are pivotally connected cutaway at'in tervalsor notchedforming air-inlets substantially as set forth.

7'. A hair-drier having a main flue or standpipe-open at one face-whereby it may be fitted againsta hot-air register, means for securing the said flue in such position, and the table flue pivotally connected at its lower end to the upper end of the main flue.

8. A hair-drier having a main flue orstandpipe open at one face whereby it may be fitted against a hot-air register and composed of jointed sections which may be adjusted to convert the open-faced stand-pipe into a closed one substantially as set forth.

9. In a hair-drier the combination ofa standpipe or flue, and a table-flue pivotally connected to the stand-pipe by a horizontal pivot whereby the table-flue may be tilted or rocked vertically, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a hair-drier the combination of a stand-pipe, formed of two sections pivotally connected and having portionsof their side plates projecting upward beyond the main body thereof and perforated forming ears, and a table-flue having its upper surface foraminated, the lower end of said table-flue being turned forming sockets which register with the perforated ears, and pins arranged upon the free ends of a spring-plate forming pintles connecting the said stand-pipe and table-flue all arranged substantially as shown and described.

11. In a hair-drier the combination of a stand-pipe formed of two U-shaped sections the sides of said sections being pivoted together whereby they may be adjusted, with the backs of the sections opposite each other to form a rectangular body, the lower edges of said sections being cut out for the admission of air, and a table-flue connected at one end to said rectangular body, and having its opposite or outer end concaved and provided with a damper all arranged substantially as shown and described.

12. In a hair-drier the combination of the table-flue, the main flue or stand-pipe having an upper section and a lower section pivoted thereto and tiltable on such pivot to a position opposite the upper section and a fastening by which to secure the two said sections together and to the table-flue substantially as set forth 13. In a hair-drier, a stand-pipe comprising a rectangular body portion, said body portion being formed of two sections, each of which consists of a back and side portions the side portions of the two sections being pivoted together, thereby permitting the formation of a rectangular body and adapted for ad justment on their pivots, to an extended position in alinement with each other, as shown and described.

14:. In a hair-drier the combination of the table-flue and the main flue composed of two sections one of which is pivoted to the tableflue and the other to the said first section substantially as set forth.

MERCER D. BLONDEL. 

